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title: "Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum's mission is to build the world computer and serve as the core infrastructure of the internet."
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/271278304.md"
description: "Vitalik Buterin emphasized Ethereum's mission to create a world computer as the internet's core infrastructure. He highlighted advancements in gas limits, blob numbers, and zkEVM performance. Ethereum aims to develop decentralized applications resistant to fraud and censorship, ensuring stability even without developer oversight. The key challenges include achieving large-scale availability and true decentralization across both blockchain and application layers."
datetime: "2026-01-01T14:43:00.000Z"
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# Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum's mission is to build the world computer and serve as the core infrastructure of the internet.

Vitalik Buterin stated in an article on the X platform that Ethereum increased gas limits and the number of blobs in 2025, improved node software quality, and broke zkEVM performance milestones. Ethereum is moving towards becoming a new and more powerful blockchain through zkEVM and PeerDAS. The challenge facing Ethereum is to achieve its established goal of building a world computer as the core infrastructure for a freer and more open internet. Ethereum is developing decentralized applications that are immune to fraud, censorship, or third-party interference, and possess the stability to continue operating even after the developers disappear. To achieve this goal, Ethereum needs to achieve large-scale availability and true decentralization at both the blockchain and application layers.

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